SANTA CLARITA, Calif. Composer Sarah Van Sciver and Librettist Kirsten C. Kunkle have come to town for a two-day, four-performance outing of their opera Girondines, seen Oct. 28, courtesy of the daring new Mission Opera company.
Girondines tells of the reformist women opposing the French Revolution s Jacobins – People s World peoplesworld.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from peoplesworld.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Earlier this year, for African-American History Month, New York City’s The Dessoff Choirs, based in New York City, and its conductor Malcolm J. Merriweather released world-premiere recordings of Credo and Simon Bore the Cross, two cantatas by 20th-century African-American Chicago-born composer Mar.
LOS ANGELES (Oct. 15) Can music move heaven and earth? Many composers over the centuries have tried, and a select few Bach and Beethoven come to mind have imposed a lasting imprint on humanity, art that stirs the human soul to action for a higher purpose.